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Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.

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A U.S. Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is parked after landing at the Lielvarde military airbase in Lielvarde, Latvia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitrijs Sulzics, F64) ** FILE **

U.S. signs off on $3.5 billion helicopter sale to South Korea as war games start

The State Department has approved the sale of 36 AH-64E attack helicopters to South Korea in a deal worth at least $3.5 billion. The deal was announced Monday, the same day the U.S. and South Korea kicked off large-scale military exercises aimed at strengthening their joint defense against a nuclear-armed North Korea.

August 20, 2024
A boy rides a bicycle past the damage after a bomb explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hamas takes credit for suicide bombing after Blinken’s Israel landing

Hamas has claimed responsibility for a bombing in Tel Aviv late Sunday that killed the attacker and wounded a passerby soon after Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to push for a U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages.

August 19, 2024
Ukrainian serviceman ride atop a trophy tank after returning from Russia near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sumy region, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine changing the playbook as its forces continue pushing into Russia

Ukrainian soldiers are pushing deeper into the Kursk region of southern Russia for a second week and now control more than 280 square miles of enemy territory along the border. The effort defied expectations that the sortie was meant as a brief diversion in the battle with Russia.

August 15, 2024
Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Jan. 22, 2024. Russia and China on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military sites used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea, disrupting global shipping. (AP Photo, File)

No sign of rebound in Red Sea traffic after Houthi attacks, top U.S. admiral says

Missile and drone attacks from Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi rebels have cut commercial maritime shipping in half in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, and the top U.S. naval commander in the region says he sees little appetite among shippers to return in significant numbers to the vital waterway despite a major protection operation by U.S. and allied forces.

August 7, 2024
Commissioner-General of the U.N. agency for Palestinian Refugees Philippe Lazzarini speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, May 27, 2024. On Monday, June 24, Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack filed suit against the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, claiming it has helped finance the militants by paying agency staffers in U.S. dollars and thereby funneling them to money-changers in Gaza who allegedly give a cut to Hamas. Lazzarini said Tuesday, June 25, that he learned of the case only through the media. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) **FILE**

U.N. fires 9 employees in Gaza who may have taken part in deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

The United Nations on Monday fired nine employees of UNRWA, its Palestinian relief agency, after an internal probe concluded they may have taken part in the Oct. 7 Hamas rampage into southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people -- mostly civilians -- and resulted in hundreds of others taken hostage. Israel said the move barely addressed the problems at the agency.

August 5, 2024